INTERVIEW – Tuomas Iisalo, the Finnish coach of Paris Basketball, deciphers his method before starting the 100% French Eurocup final against JL Bourg, this Tuesday, at the Adidas Arena.
Having just secured its place in the Betclic Elite play-offs on Saturday for the first time in its history, thanks to a success (the 17th in a row) against Le Mans (88-55), Paris Basketball continues to dream bigger. Tuesday evening (8:30 p.m.), in a 100% French Eurocup (C2) final, Tuomas Iisalo and his men will face Bourg-en-Bresse and its flamboyant Zaccharie Risacher, future drafted in the NBA.
Opposed to Frédéric Fauthoux, who has just extended for three seasons in Ain, the Finnish coach, who arrived in the capital last summer, expects a complicated series (the first team to have 2 victories is crowned champion). Not a reason to change your preparation. “What we are looking for is the least physically restrictive effort but which still brings the most results. We must give players time to recover from matches too», explains Iisalo to Figaro, anxious to go through a heavy schedule of 53 matches since September. So far, his method…
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